Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: Evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-142

  Born, Céline ^a,b   Alvarez, Nadir ^c   McKey, Doyle ^b   Ossari, Simon ^a   Wickings, Elisabeth Jean ^a   Hossaert Mckey, Martine ^b   Chevallier, Marie Hélène ^b,d  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

central Africa; climate envelope model; landscape genetics; Last Glacial Maximum; SGS

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; TREES;

AUCOUMEA KLAINEANA;

EID: 78650695130     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04919.x     Document Type: Article

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